Cat Fight Breaks Out During BYU-New Mexico Soccer Game (Video)
Hair-pulling, Tripping, Sucker-punches, Cheap-shot elbows and Kicking teeth in. That brand of violence doesn't even fly inside the UFC's octagon, let alone on an NCAA women's soccer field. Nonetheless, during Thursday's Mountain West Conference Tournament semifinal contest between the BYU Cougars and New Mexico Lobos, all of those things pretty much happened. In fact, WWE head honcho Vince McMahon might give some of these girls a call -- New Mexico defender Elizabeth Lambert (No. 15), I'm looking at you -- after that pier six brawl.
This was a brutal soccer match-up all across the board, but it was Lambert who made fellow collegiate athletes Brandon Spikes and LeGarrette Blount look like pansies. First, she kidney-punched a BYU player right in the back. Then she upped the ante by kicking a ball right into a fallen opponent's grill from point-blank range. She got carded for that stunt. In between sending Cougars spiraling down left and right, she managed a couple of poorly-veiled swings. All of that's nothing compared to her most outrageous attack of the night. After a skirmish with BYU's Kassidy Shumway, Lambert got up and viciously yanked Shumway to the grass by her ponytail. Watch out, Troy Polamalu, because you could be next.
This just backs up what many sports fans have been saying for a long, long time -- women athletes are arguably rougher than their male counterparts. No matter the sport, you are just as likely to witness fisticuffs during a women's game as you are a men's one.
Update: Women’s Soccer Bully Elizabeth Lambert Suspended Indefinitely
By: Adam Best the senior editor of the FanSided Sports Network. For more posts like this check out FanSided.com.
Thats hot, we def need more of this in women sports.
Steve Bizdat, you’re an idiot.
Blind refs you got there, LOL
What I see there are one-sided and simply brutal acts of violence that are not allowed on any sport.
Really you have to wonder what the hell is going in her head?
Think what would happen in the streets if you assault someone like that.
It really is wonder to me how she has her freedom after that kind of acts of stupidity.
They weren’t one sided. The punch was in retaliation to an elbow. The hair pull was in retaliation was to her shorts being pulled.
In no way am I defending her, but up to the hair pulling, Ive seen/felt worse, and for less. The other girls werent innocent. But they wont be getting in trouble, either.
Its rough all the way around, it just never gets any coverage.
It wasnt a relaliation. She was just dumb and on her period. Anyway I think she should be executed.
Retaliation.?? Are you serious. I play soccer and elbows and shorts pulling happens with every player on every soccer field. Its a normal part of jockeying for position. And the ones i saw in this video were barely anything. It was more of a nudge with the elbow. I have seen quite a few plays in soccer where a player had there shorts pulled so badly they were nearly pulled off. Thats the game. Much like every offensive lineman in football holds most plays. You just don’t do it blatenly enough to be a penalty. It was completely one sided. Most teams would have cleared the bench to go after someone that attacked thier teammates like that. They were innocent. and what about the punches and slide tackles that were directly aimed at players legs. Her only intent was to injure someone. She couldn’t handle losing. She doesn’t deserve a scholarship or the right to be on the field. She was lucky to even be on the field after the first kidney punch. Yet all she recieved was 1 yellow. I think the refs of this game should be suspended and this girl should be banned from the sport at any level. She is lucky not to face assault charges or to have gotten jumped on by the other team. Someone did things like that to my teammates in any sport and I would be all over them. It was a disgrace
What the hell, whats the matter with the U.S referee, where are the cards, she deserved a red one, man United States and football dont go together!!!!
Haha i think you misunderstoof my previous comment. She is a dirty player and should be banned for at least a season. She has no right to be on the field. Her actions have no justice.
Wow man… what’s with your name? Well at least it explains your ridiculous comment. I’m amazed that TPS has allowed your bigotry to be posted.
I don’t know who these sports fans are who are saying “women athletes are arguably rougher than their male counterparts” but that’s baloney. Makes a nice soundbite though. I watched an entire season of WPS as a Boston Breakers season ticket holder and saw nothing like this. Anyone who watches a significant amount of women’s sports–soccer in particular–can tell you the play has a lot less cheapshots, rough fouling, and dives than men’s pro soccer.
It’s pretty obvious that this player has some personal issues she was dealing with by being completely immature and unsportsmanlike on the field. What an idiot–have fun being banned from NCAA athletics idiot (we can only hope).
I think that was a disgrace to any human being. She needs to be put out the game for good.But i guess she fights her mom and dad like that i feel sorry for her sisters and brothers.She just have not ran upon the right on(me).
If that was a male player, he would’ve been kicked out and suspended for unsportsmanlike conduct for a while. Ridiculous. Who teaches or allows to play like this?
also…if it were a mens game…I bet there would have been an all out brawl.
youre an idiot, Steve!
that girl is animal… so so sick… someone have to show her hers palce…
Lambert should never play college soccer again, and the referees should all be fired for losing control of the game. If i were playing for BYU against NM and she repetitively fouled my teammates that violently, I’d put a shoulder in her so hard her collarbone would break.
DEAR ELIZABETH LAMBERT,
I AM WRITING THIS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE I AM SCREAMING IN FRUSTRATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NEWS FLASH MS. LAMERT: YOU ARE A BELOW AVERAGE SOCCER PLAYER WITH AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM. YOU CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE PACE, SKILL OR ATHLETICISM OF ANYONE YOU ATTEMPT TO DEFEND, SO YOU MUST RESORT TO ASSAULTING THEM. GO JOIN THE RUGBY TEAM YOU IDIOT. IF YOU ARE ON ANY SORT OF SCHOLARSHIP I AM GOING TO PUKE. YOU ARE IN NO WAY AN ASSET TO YOUR TEAM, REGARDLESS OF YOUR RIDICULOUS ANTICS. YOU ARE 100% DISPOSABLE- THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GIRLS OUT THERE WHO ARE NOT ONLY BETTER THAN YOU AT YOUR POSITION, BUT DO NOT FEEL THE NEED TO PUNCH OPPOSING PLAYERS IN THE FACE OR ATTEMPT TO PARALYZE THEM FROM THE NECK DOWN. I PLAYED SOCCER ON A MUCH BETTER TEAM THAN YOURS, ON A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF COMPETITION, AND THERE WAS NEVER AN ALTERCATION OF THIS LEVEL ON THE PLAYING FIELD. IF YOUR COACH HAS ANY HOPES OF KEEPING HIS JOB HE WILL KICK YOU OFF THE TEAM IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU WILL NEVER STEP ON A COLLEGE SOCCER FIELD AGAIN. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOUR CHILDREN, YOU ARE GOING TO BE A SOCCER MOM FROM HELL.
SINCERELY,
EMBARRASSEDBYU
Well said. I totally agree with you. She should be off the team.
I completely agree! I am so upset by this! I am a phys ed teacher and am always talking about sportsmanship with my students and my own children. Today my 8 year old son accidentally grabbed onto someone today while falling and a penalty was called. I explained the rules to him about keeping his hands to himself etc. Then we came home and saw this on the news!! Seriously! This girl is am embarrasment to the sport! She is absolutely disposable! If I was the coach I would absolutely suspend her for the season and I do agree she would be lucky if the girl didnt get her with assault! Sad!
How does she not get red-carded, much less suspended by the school and the NCAA. There should be reprecussions for such actions. If she gets no punishment, then there is something completely wrong. There is no room in ANY sport for things like blatently punching someone or pulling hair. This doesn’t show that women are rougher than their male counterparts…this is an isolated incident with a single player that needs to be dealt with.
There is aggressive play and scrappiness, then there is assault. Elbowing, defensive shoves and even an occasional slide tackle are part of the game. Punching, hair pulling and kicking a ball in the face of a downed player are beyond reason. If we can suspend Florida football players for eye-gouging on video that was missed during the game, surely actions like Elizabeth’s warrant suspension or even banning from NCAA games. Her career as a college soccer player should be done and any hopes of a professional career dashed along with it. What team in their right mind would take on the liability of such a short tempered player if they are only getting average field skills in return? Failure of the NCAA to take actions against this female player (she certainly does not deserve to be called a young “lady” by definition) would undermine the authority of the organization and only allow actions like this to escalate in the future.
Pulling hair, back punches, balls to faces… that is so damn hot. New Mexico must be made up of a bunch of dominatrixes. Definitely inviting all of them to the next house party I hold. Besides, that’s probably a better opportunity for them than playing soccer.
Holy mother of god that was disgraceful
awesome video though
im jealous of whatever boy(or girl) she is going to take those frustrations out on in the bedroom
for real…..It will be an epic fight
HOLY SHIT !!!
i would kick that girl ass what a fuck is her problem and verybody who support her fuck your momma
Wow. This would be wayyyy hotter if she was nakie. And, you know, they were close to a pillow fight in their undies, which, as we all know, ends up in them making out and a hot oil massage.
CRAZY B*&^%$!!! Charge her with assalt!!! I would for sure!
That girl should never be allowed to play soccer at unm ever. she should be more than suspended….
How pray tell are women athletes rougher AND equally likely to have “fisticuffs”? Any actual stats for those little contradictory conclusions?
How is violence sexy? What idiocy.
She should obviously be suspended. Soccer is not chess, but it sure isn’t WWF either.
OMG WTF she should be suspended for the season or maybe never even play but i would give her one more game and if she does it again she if off for the season.
but this ref should be banned for life for his incompetence! and obviously Lambert must be off 1 year or fired from the team!
give me a break, you can’t isolate the retaliation from the instigation. A lot of these clips have been doctored to make lambert look like the devil and they miss the unsportsmanlike behavior of the byu soccer players (i.e. elbows, fistfuls of shorts, etc.) I don’t deny that lambert’s retaliations were excessive, but I can’t look at it as isolated incidents of unsportsmanlike conduct. I’m sure if we could get a full recording of the game, we would see a lot of dirty play directed against new mexico and lambert specifically by the byu players. I fault the referees for failing to show up to the game.
Didnt you laugh at all on this? Maybe im strange, but i loled so bad that i almost died. I mean really , hHEHEHEHEHE. sorry
I can’t believe she is not banned for the rest of the season at least!!!! She is obviously a very poor soccer player so is using ‘hair pulling’ to defend her incompetence on the field.. It’s a disgrace. The referee needs to be have his head examined for not banning her from the game. If I was that other girl….she’d be in the hospital right now and would NEVER ever think of laying a finger on someone ever again. What a dirty little bitch.
i THINK SHE WASENT GETING SOME=O
I have watched this video several times. Regardless of the “jostling” which seemed pretty routine, there was absolutely no excuse for the response of Ms. Lambert. There is no place on the field for such actions. Does Ms. Lambert know what an honor it is to be an NCAA athlete? She and her teammates obviously have some work to do on the sportsmanship issue. I have seen my own daughter pushed down and kicked in the ribs after she scored a goal on the high-school level while the refs were not watching- but I can’t see how the refs could possibly miss this behavior. I am sorry for the black eye that Women’s Soccer will suffer from this. There are a million little soccer girls who are more deserving to play than Ms Lambert. My recommendation: remove Ms. Lambert from ALL NCAA sports for the duration of her college career. I also think that she should never in her life be able to coach the sport and spread her vicious tactics to young girls- even if she is VOLUNTEERING. It is a privilege to be an NCAA athlete and Ms. Lambert’s time is up. — and her team should be watched with great care to be sure that they clean up their act. This behavior is tolerated by coaches- so her coaches should be disciplined as well (and they didn’t remove her themselves!)
As for the refs- I say that they are DONE. I usually don’t respond to stories online. this is the first time. I hope the NCAA comes down hard on all involved and cleans up this sport.
Lay off, she was probably on her period. That blonde girl is really hot. I want to pull her hair. They should all be expelled I don’t get why they need degrees to make sandwiches and open beers…